Jonathan Simkhai and Janet Mock Toast Swing Left With a Dinner at the Standard

“Activism can look so many different ways,” said Janet Mock last night during her toast at a celebratory dinner for Swing Left at the Standard in Hollywood. “It can start from you picking up your phone; it can start with you going to Swing Left’s website—to figure out ways to change, shift, and adapt the world.” Mock was joined by designer Jonathan Simkhai, her cohost at the party, which was attended by the likes of Jaime King, Nikki Reed, Ian Somerhalder, and so many friends and family tasked with helping Swing Left in its efforts to target swing districts nationwide in order to help Democratic candidates and their campaigns in the upcoming midterm elections.

The Standard has been doing its part in helping activists with the Ring Your Rep initiative, which hosts pre-dialed phone lines at Standard hotel properties nationwide so that guests can easily contact their representatives to discuss current policies and advocate for change. The important takeaway from the night was that the time to actively make a difference in our government is now and the midterm elections are important in bringing about systematic change, something that Swing Left is ready to make happen.